Eyelet.



L. D. BAKER.

BYBLET.

APPLICATION FILED NOV17,1913.

1,1 21, 1 57. Patented Dec. 15,1914.

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LURA. D. BAKER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

EYELET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 15, 1914.

Application filed November 17, 1913. Serial No. 801,472.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LURA D. BAKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Eyelets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices by which the proximate edges of shoes, clothing or other flexible material are brought into relation and there secured.

The object thereof is to provide a new and improved eyelet within which the lacing cords or thong may be positively secured against displacement, in which the cord may be placed by lateral movement and not by threading from the ends of the cord through the eyelet and which has no parts or projections by which the edges of clothing may be caught or torn; in short a device which has the well-known advantages of an eyelet and of a lacing hook with the disadvantages of neither.

The principles of my invention are illustrated in the drawings, in which- Figure l is a front view of a shoe provided with my improved eyelet; Fig. 2 is a top view of one of the said eyelets, much enlarged; Fig. 3 is a bottom view thereof, and Fig. 4 is a section of Fig. 3 on the line 4l-l. F ig. 5 is a sectional view of the eyelet attached to the shoe and with a shoe lace threaded therethrough.

Further describing my invention with reference to the drawings: 1 is a segmental rim, a portion 2 being open except as hereinafter described. The said rim is U or channel shaped in cross section, the groove thereof facing inwardly. A disk 3 having a prefer ably sectorally shaped portion 1 removed corresponding in angular extent to the opening 2 of the rim 3, is revolubly seated in the groove of the said rim. The disk may be rotated so that the slot 4 may be in or out of register with the open segment of the rim. On the underside of the rim and adjacent to one of the free ends should be attached a downwardly projecting member 5 by which the eyelet may be positively secured to the shoe or other article of apparel; such member should preferably be formed integrally with the rim. A similar attaching member 6 should project downwardly from the rim at a point approximately diametrical therefrom. When the eyelet is to be attached to the article on which it is used, the eyelet and the attaching members should be placed with reference to the ordinary or most convenient movement of the hand in manipulating the lacing cord. On a shoe, for instance, the segmental opening should be downward and outward.

The enlarged view shown in Fig. 2 represents a convenient position for the eyelets which are shown on the shoe in Fig. 1 at the left of the observer. It will be seen that there is thus provided a downwardly projecting free edge 7 of the rim 1 below the attaching member 6. It rests normally upon and in close contact with the material of the shoe, but by a proper transverse and upward movement a portion 8 of the lacing end may be drawn thereunder. The disk should be so turned that the sectoral opening is in register with the segmental opening, while the position of the attaching member 5 causes it to act as a stop to prevent the lace from being drawn under that portion of the disk. The further upward and transverse movement of the portion 8 of the lace to the other side causes the disk to turn so that its sectoral opening is out of register with that in the rim, whereby the latter is closed. The lace is thus locked in position against removal, and the eyelet so closed that clothing cannot catch on any of the parts thereof. A reverse movement of the lace to that above described causes a partial rotation of disk 3, so that its sectoral opening registers with the open portion of the rim 1, whereby the lace is freed and the eyelet left in condition to remove the lacing end at the next lacing 7 operation.

I claim:

1. An eyelet comprising a fiat rim having a segmental opening, a disk revolubly mounted in the rim having an opening adapted to register with the opening in the rim and receive a lacing cord. and meansindependent of the lacing cord for attaching the flat underside of said rim to an article of apparel.

2. An eyelet comprising a discontin ous annular rim provided with an inwardly facing groove, and a disk revolublv mounted in the said groove and having a radial opening 7 adapted to register with the opening in the rim and means for securing the rim to an article of apparel.

3. An eyelet having a rim with a segmental opening and an inwardly facing groove, a disk revolubly seated in the groove and provided with an opening adapted to register with the opening in the rim and receive a lacing cord, and a fastening member on the underside of the rim adjacent to one side of the segmental opening adapted to guide the lacing cord into the opening.

4:. An eyelet having a rim with a segmental opening and an inwardly facing groove, a disk revolubly seated in the groove and provided with an opening adapted to register with the opening in the rim and receive a lacing cord, a fastening member on the underside of the rim adjacent to one side of the segmental opening adapted to guide the lacing cord into the opening and a second fastening member on the underside adapted to register with the opening in therim, and means for attaching the eyelet to an article of apparel.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this l6th day of April 1914-, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LURA D. BAKER. lVitnesses: v

C. K. CHAMBERLAIN, A. S. PHILLIPS.

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